Chapter Summaries

Lin Xuankong revealed that his silver-white Source-tool Armor could turn invisible and arranged tests of its defenses against powerful Gene Experts. The chapter ended as Han Bao prepared to strike Zhao Yi with his full Fifth Tier strength while everyone feared the attack would kill him.

• Zhao Yi's silver-white armor turned invisible while remaining tangible, astonishing Han Liu, Han Bao, and You Rui.
• Lin Xuankong explained that he had added invisibility to the Source-tool Armor and said Gene Experts, not cannons, would test its defenses.
• Lin Xuankong assigned Han Bao, Sun Lin, Han Liu, You Rui, and himself to test different kinds of attacks against Zhao Yi.
• Lin Xuankong ordered Han Bao to attack with his full Fifth Tier strength, and Zhao Yi agreed despite the danger.
• Han Bao activated his Primordial Vajra Body and approached Zhao Yi as the gathered experts watched in alarm.

Han Bao tested the silver-white armor by striking Zhao Yi with a full-force punch, then a barrage of hundreds of thousands of attacks, but Zhao Yi felt nothing and the armor remained unharmed. Lin Xuankong judged the armor’s physical defense sufficient and called for Little Liu and Sun Lin to test its other defenses.

• Han Bao struck Zhao Yi’s chest with a full-force punch, but Zhao Yi remained standing and said he had felt nothing.
• At Lin Xuankong’s instruction, Han Bao simulated a fierce battle and attacked Zhao Yi more than three hundred thousand times over ten minutes.
• Zhao Yi realized the invisible armor was absorbing the attacks without transmitting any vibration to him.
• Han Bao reported the results to Lin Xuankong, who said further physical-attack testing was unnecessary and asked Little Liu and Sun Lin to test other aspects of the armor.

Lin Xuankong assessed the Kindling Organization’s worsening war against the Yunqin Alliance and resolved to study the Universe Jade after refining 120 sets of silver-white armor. Just as he prepared to begin, a mysterious marionette appeared on his chest and a confident Yunqin Alliance Fifth Tier Gene Expert entered his office.

• Han Liu entered the testing chamber and prepared to attack Zhao Yi to test the silver-white armor.
• You Rui reported that the Yunqin Alliance had captured nearly half the territory of the Kindling Organization’s eight nations, while Tang Nation and Shelter No. 36 faced growing danger.
• Lin Xuankong said his 120 sets of armor could outfit several elite squads and planned to use them to reclaim resource depots.
• Lin Xuankong considered reverse-engineering the Universe Jade, then noticed a marionette pattern appear on his chest without warning.
• A white-suited Yunqin Alliance Fifth Tier Gene Expert entered Lin Xuankong’s office and acknowledged his reputation while appearing unafraid.

Ma Chao used Soul-Confusing and Puppet Mark abilities to suppress Lin Xuankong and Han Liu, then abducted them from Shelter No. 36 with help from Wang Long. The Yunqin Alliance agents planned to take the captives to Jianzhou City, where Divine Envoy Yi Feifeng would make them surrender and plant divinity within them.

• Ma Chao revealed that his Puppet Mark had immobilized Lin Xuankong while Wang Long’s Soul-Confusing Poison had silenced his source energy.
• Han Liu entered Lin Xuankong’s office, lost control of his source energy and body, and was captured alongside his teacher.
• Ma Chao led the controlled Lin Xuankong and Han Liu out of Shelter No. 36 in Han Liu’s armored vehicle.
• Wang Long joined Ma Chao at a rendezvous outside the shelter, and the two drove away with their captives.
• Wang Long told Lin Xuankong and Han Liu that surrendering to the Yunqin Alliance would earn them divinity and resources, while warning that the God Race would destroy the Kindling Organization.

Wang Long and Ma Chao tried to make Lin Xuankong and Han Liu surrender and reveal the Universe Jade Source Artifact, but Lin Xuankong escaped their abilities and imprisoned them in ice. He offered the two captured Yunqin Alliance enforcers a chance to live if they chose to cooperate.

• Wang Long and Ma Chao threatened Lin Xuankong and Han Liu, demanded the Universe Jade's whereabouts, and argued over whether to spare them.
• Wang Long eased his Puppet Mark's control enough for Han Liu to speak, and Lin Xuankong told the enforcers that he would give them a chance to live.
• Ma Chao revealed that Lin Xuankong and Han Liu still could not move freely or circulate source energy, but Lin Xuankong moved his right arm anyway.
• Lin Xuankong filled the armored vehicle with water and froze Wang Long and Ma Chao, while Han Liu remained unable to move.
• Wang Long and Ma Chao questioned how Lin Xuankong had overcome their abilities and revealed they served on the Divine Envoy's enforcement team.
• Lin Xuankong challenged the captured men to choose whether to cooperate or persist in defying him.

Lin Xuankong demanded that Ma Chao and Wang Long reveal who had approached Shelter No. 36, but Ma Chao chose to self-destruct rather than betray the mission. Lin Xuankong shielded Han Liu and Wang Long from the blast and emerged unharmed, leaving Han Liu stunned by his survival.

• Ma Chao warned Wang Long that their families would suffer if they betrayed Yunqin Nation, but Wang Long said his parents had died and he had no family left.
• Lin Xuankong asked Ma Chao and Wang Long to identify the people who had come near Shelter No. 36, including their abilities and Life Tiers.
• Ma Chao refused to reveal the mission's secrets and began self-destructing inside Lin Xuankong's Ice Imprisonment.
• Lin Xuankong grabbed Wang Long and Han Liu, retreated, and then placed himself between them and the blast to protect them.
• The explosion knocked Han Liu and Wang Long unconscious, but Lin Xuankong was unharmed when Han Liu awoke and mistook him for an illusion.

After surviving Ma Chao’s self-detonation with his Invisible Source-tool Armor, Lin Xuankong forced Wang Long to surrender and learned where the Yunqin Alliance’s assassins gathered. He planned to ambush Guan Chong the next day, while reflecting on the coming war against the Zhongji Star Demonic Beings and the need to prepare more Source Artifacts.

• Lin Xuankong revealed that his armor had protected him from Ma Chao’s self-detonation, and Wang Long chose to surrender rather than die for the Divine Envoy.
• Wang Long told Lin Xuankong that Guan Chong’s infiltrators gathered every three days at a small mountain west of Shelter No. 36.
• Lin Xuankong, Han Liu, and Han Bao waited near the mountain and decided to ambush Guan Chong the following day.
• Han Liu and Han Bao praised Lin Xuankong’s Invisible Source-tool Armor for its defenses and ability to neutralize Special Genetic Abilities, while Lin Xuankong said it had about ninety percent of a true Purple Qi Armor’s defensive power.
• Lin Xuankong considered the threat of the Zhongji Star Demonic Beings and resolved to prepare more powerful Source Artifacts before the Gate of Advent opened.

Lin Xuankong prepared for the threat posed by Guan Chong and summoned Wang Ze, while Guan Chong and two accomplices infiltrated Prison No. 1. After Deputy Captain Ma sounded the alarm and attacked, Guan Chong effortlessly caught his blade and advanced on him.

• Lin Xuankong studied the Universe Jade and told Han Bao that Wang Ze would arrive before midnight to help confront Guan Chong.
• Lin Xuankong ordered Han Bao and Little Six to watch Little Mountain while he awaited Wang Ze’s arrival.
• Deputy Captain Ma reported that Prison No. 1 was quiet, and You Rui warned him to keep Wang Long under close watch.
• Guan Chong and two accomplices disguised themselves as mosquitoes and infiltrated the warden’s office.
• Deputy Captain Ma sounded the alarm and slashed at Guan Chong, but Guan Chong caught his blade between two fingers.
• Guan Chong advanced as Deputy Captain Ma retreated through the Alloy walls, remarking that no Fourth Tier Super Expert was stationed in Shelter No. 36.

Guan Chong confronted Shelter No. 36 and demanded prisoners, the surrender of its Gene Warriors, and Lin Xuankong’s location. You Rui and the shelter’s fighters rejected his terms and launched an all-out attack, leaving the battle against the Early Fourth Tier Super Expert underway.

• Deputy Captain Ma retreated from Guan Chong as You Rui, Zhu Ling, Sun Lin, and other elite fighters gathered to face him.
• You Rui identified Guan Chong and alerted Lin Xuankong while Shelter No. 36’s fighters and cannons prepared to defend the shelter.
• You Rui vowed that Shelter No. 36 would fight rather than surrender, and its Gene Warriors raised their weapons and roared in defiance.
• Guan Chong offered You Rui three conditions: surrender Wang Long and Ma Chao, order the fighters to lay down their weapons, and reveal Lin Xuankong’s location.
• Zhu Ling cursed Guan Chong and charged, prompting You Rui, Sun Lin, the other Gene Experts, and Shelter No. 36’s cannons to attack him.

Guan Chong’s Fourth Tier source-energy fluctuations nullified Shelter No. 36’s bombardment and Gene Warriors’ attacks as he advanced toward Captain General You Rui. You Rui held out hope that Lin Xuankong’s army would return, but when Guan Chong transformed into a Black Claw Golden Peng, she ordered everyone to scatter and retreat.

• Shelter No. 36’s guns and Gene Warriors attacked Guan Chong, but his distorted-space defense stopped every strike without slowing him.
• Sun Lin’s five super ancient trees failed to damage Guan Chong, and You Rui explained that attacks below the Fourth Tier could not penetrate a Fourth Tier expert’s source-energy fluctuations.
• You Rui revealed that Lin Xuankong’s army was expected to return within ten minutes, while Guan Chong mocked her hope and dismissed Lin Xuankong as no threat.
• Guan Chong transformed into a giant Black Claw Golden Peng, expanding the range of his fluctuations.
• Zhu Ling recognized the formidable Source Beast form, and You Rui ordered everyone to scatter and retreat immediately.

Guan Chong transformed into a Black Claw Golden Peng and attacked Zhu Ling, forcing Shelter No. 36’s Gene Warriors to flee. Zhu Ling stopped his charge with the Invisible Purple Qi Armor Lin Xuankong had given her, and Guan Chong remained stunned by the defense.

• Captain General You Rui ordered the Gene Warriors to retreat as Guan Chong transformed into a Black Claw Golden Peng.
• Guan Chong charged at Zhu Ling at tremendous speed while You Rui and Sun Lin failed to reach her in time.
• The collision destroyed nearby buildings, but Zhu Ling stopped the Peng’s beak with her fist and emerged uninjured.
• You Rui recognized that Zhu Ling had survived, while Sun Lin and Guan Chong reacted with disbelief.
• Zhu Ling realized Lin Xuankong’s Invisible Purple Qi Armor had absorbed the attack, leaving her safe from Guan Chong’s blows.
• After six seconds of shock, Guan Chong began to recover his composure.

Guan Chong’s attacks failed against the invisible Source-tool Armor protecting Zhu Ling, You Rui, and Sun Lin, leaving him enraged and unable to harm them. He turned his fury toward Shelter No. 36’s residential buildings and training halls, threatening to destroy them as the defenders charged to stop him.

• Guan Chong unleashed thousands of attacks on Zhu Ling, but her invisible armor absorbed them without injuring her.
• Guan Chong attacked You Rui and discovered that her invisible armor also blocked and absorbed his blows.
• Guan Chong attacked Sun Lin after destroying the super trees beside her, but her armor stopped his beak and rapidly repaired a slight dent.
• Guan Chong realized Lin Xuankong had forged multiple suits of powerful armor and roared in anger at the defenders.
• Guan Chong threatened to destroy Shelter No. 36’s residential buildings and training halls, and You Rui, Zhu Ling, Sun Lin, and several Sixth Tier Gene Warriors rushed toward him.

Guan Chong attacked Shelter No. 36, but Lin Xuankong protected its buildings and civilians from deep underground with ten enormous ice giants. When Wang Ze approached, Guan Chong fled, leaving Lin Xuankong determined to grow stronger so he could protect more than just himself.

• You Rui, Sun Lin, Zhu Ling, and the other experts charged Guan Chong, but his Black Claw Golden Peng form outpaced them and headed for the shelter’s high-rises.
• Lin Xuankong summoned ten gigantic ice giants, which shielded Shelter No. 36 and attacked Guan Chong as he searched for Lin Xuankong.
• Guan Chong evaded the ice giants and searched the shelter for Lin Xuankong, hoping to capture him and learn how to forge Invisible Source-tool Armor.
• Lin Xuankong controlled the battle from a fortress one thousand meters underground, where Guan Chong could not detect him.
• After more than half an hour, Guan Chong spotted a rapidly approaching figure, feared it was Wang Ze, and fled toward Yunqin Nation.
• Lin Xuankong withdrew the ice giants and concluded that he needed greater strength to protect Shelter No. 36 and the people under his care.

Wang Ze praised Lin Xuankong for forging Invisible Source-tool Armor that could help the Kindling Organization withstand the Yunqin Alliance’s counteroffensive and offered him a reward. Lin Xuankong declined personal compensation, and Wang Ze presented him with a book containing Source Artifact research preserved from three generations ago.

• Wang Ze reported that the Yunqin Alliance had launched attacks across Mars and warned that Shelter No. 36 could face stronger assaults while he was away.
• Wang Ze praised Lin Xuankong for protecting Shelter No. 36 from Guan Chong and for mass-producing Invisible Source-tool Armor that could greatly strengthen the Kindling Organization.
• Lin Xuankong credited Wang Ze’s forging materials for his work and asked for no reward beyond seeing the armor used to protect humanity.
• Wang Ze insisted that Lin Xuankong deserved recognition, then explained that he and his wife had been searching for relics preserved by earlier human generations.
• Wang Ze gave Lin Xuankong an alloy book containing three generations of the Mars Human Race’s Source Artifact research, and Lin Xuankong asked what it recorded.

Wang Ze gave Lin Xuankong an ancient alloy book containing generations of Mars Human Race research into Source Artifacts, including the Universe Jade, and Lin Xuankong studied its forging method. Meanwhile, Jiao Yilan learned of Lin Xuankong’s Source-tool Armor and headed to report the threat to Divine Envoy Yi Feifeng, while Lin Xuankong began gathering materials to replicate the Universe Jade.

• Wang Ze explained that the alloy book preserved research from ancient generations of Mars humans and entrusted it to Lin Xuankong, urging him to study its Source Artifact records.
• Wang Ze revealed that the book described the Universe Jade and suggested Lin Xuankong’s jade might have been forged by an ancient Mars human rather than left by the Zhongji Star Demons.
• Guan Chong told Jiao Yilan that Lin Xuankong had forged powerful invisible Source-tool Armor, and Jiao Yilan flew to the Capital City to report the news to Divine Envoy Yi Feifeng.
• Guan Chong vowed to watch for the Yunqin Alliance’s forces and anticipated Lin Xuankong’s capture or death.
• Lin Xuankong studied the Universe Jade’s complex forging method and ordered Han Liu, Han Bao, and Zhu Ling to gather its materials without error.

At the Zhennan Royal Family headquarters, Wang Ze shared good news with the Kindling Organization's Fourth Tier experts: Zhao Jiulin had broken through, and the Yunqin Alliance's weapon-raised Fourth Tier warriors were weaker than true experts. He then revealed a Wang family youth wearing invisible Special Armor, but the chapter ended before the armor's purpose was explained.

• Zhao Jiulin had recovered from his old injuries and broken through to the Early Fourth Tier Life Tier.
• Wang Ze said that he and Granny Jin had killed a Mid Fourth Tier expert raised by Yi Feifeng's Special Origin Weapon, and explained why such pseudo experts were weaker than true Fourth Tier Super Experts.
• Wang Ze announced that he had another piece of good news and brought in Xiao Chong, a Mid Seventh Tier Gene Warrior from the Wang family.
• Wang Ze asked Zhao Jiulin to attack Xiao Chong at full power for one minute, but Zhao Jiulin refused because he feared killing him instantly.
• Granny Jin detected an invisible set of Special Armor on Xiao Chong, and Wang Zuo stepped over to inspect it.

Wang Ze revealed that Lin Xuankong had forged twenty-four invisible Source-tool Armors capable of letting their wearers withstand attacks from Fourth Tier Super Experts, giving the Kindling Organization a chance to reverse its fortunes against the Yunqin Alliance. The experts celebrated the successful test, but Wang Ze warned that they still needed to prepare for both the Alliance and the future arrival of the Zhongji Star Demonic Beings.

• Wang Zuo and Granny Jin examined the invisible armor and questioned whether it could protect a mid Seventh Tier wearer from a Fourth Tier Super Expert's attack.
• Wang Ze announced that he had brought twenty-four armors, enough to strengthen more than a dozen Fourth Tier Super Experts and around ten Peak Fifth Tier Experts.
• Zhao Jiulin tested the armor with a full-force attack, and the Wang family junior remained unharmed.
• Wang Ze revealed that Lin Xuankong had forged the armor after others, including Kindling Organization researchers, had failed to replicate it.
• The experts tried on the armor and celebrated the prospect of counterattacking the Yunqin Alliance.
• Wang Ze cautioned them that they still had to prepare for the Yunqin Alliance and the more dangerous Zhongji Star Demonic Beings.

Wang Ze restored the Fourth Tier experts’ hope by explaining that Mars only needed to defeat the immature Demonic Beings sent through the Teleportation Gate, then recruited them to gather materials for Lin Xuankong and protect him. More than a month later, Zhao Jiulin and Granny Jin reported that Lin’s Invisible Source-tool Armor had helped the Kindling Organization challenge Yi Feifeng and improve the war effort across the fronts.

• Wang Ze told the Fourth Tier experts that the Teleportation Gate could carry only beings around the Fourth Tier Peak, and cited past victories over harvesting Demonic Beings as grounds for hope.
• Wang Ze asked the experts to gather artifact-refining materials for Lin Xuankong, and they volunteered to protect him from the Yunqin Alliance.
• Wang Ze selected Zhao Jiulin and Granny Jin to guard Lin at Shelter No. 36 after the experts competed for the assignment.
• Zhao Jiulin told Granny Jin that Wang Ze and four armored experts had fought Yi Feifeng to a draw in Jianzhou City, forcing the Yunqin Alliance to reinforce its core city.
• Granny Jin said Lin’s armor had helped two Yun Yue Nation experts retreat safely, and one of them had advanced close to a Fourth Tier breakthrough.

Granny Jin and Zhao Jiulin discussed Lin Xuankong’s efforts to replicate the Universe Jade, weighing his chances against the approaching opening of the Gate of Advent. Their conversation ended when they learned Yi Feng and eight Pseudo Fourth Tier Super Experts were advancing on Shelter No. 36 to seize Lin, and Zhao Jiulin prepared to confront them.

• Granny Jin praised Zhao Jiulin’s rapid Fourth Tier advancement, while both experts praised Lin Xuankong’s skill, persistence, and role in turning the war through his Invisible Source-tool Armor.
• Zhao Jiulin asked whether Lin could replicate the Universe Jade, and Granny Jin warned that offensive Source Artifacts had never been successfully replicated despite generations of research.
• Granny Jin and Zhao Jiulin agreed to support Lin’s research, even as the Gate of Advent was expected to open in a little over two years.
• Granny Jin received word that Yunqin Alliance experts were targeting Shelter No. 36 while the Grand Chairman and others were occupied elsewhere.
• Granny Jin identified Yi Feng, who had injured Wu Xiang using the Nether River Seal, as the attackers’ leader and said eight Pseudo Fourth Tier Super Experts accompanied him.
• Zhao Jiulin rose to meet Yi Feng and vowed to test the strength of the Nether River Seal.

Lin Xuankong reflected on four failed attempts to replicate the Universe Jade and resolved to pursue broader research into Source Artifacts. Though his allies believed he had made little progress, he revealed that the failed replicas retained substantial attack-enhancing effects and offered them to his companions.

• Granny Jin warned Zhao Jiulin that Yi Feng and eight Pseudo Fourth Tier Super Experts were approaching Shelter No. 36, so they arranged for Wang Zuo and Wang Chong to reinforce them.
• After another explosion, Granny Jin and Zhao Jiulin left Lin Xuankong to prepare for the coming battle, unaware that he was absorbed in assessing his latest refinement.
• Lin Xuankong concluded that his fourth replica reached four-fifths of the Universe Jade's attack amplification and range but lacked its additional effects, and he considered studying other Zhongji Star Source Artifacts.
• Han Liu, Han Bao, and Sun Lin tried to reassure Lin Xuankong about his failures, and Han Bao urged him not to put too much pressure on himself.
• Lin Xuankong showed the group four failed replicas, explaining that they retained between half and nearly four-fifths of the Universe Jade's effects, and offered them to his companions.